John outhet



(No Model.)

' J. OUTHET.

REFRIGERATOR. No. 456,840. Patented July 28, 1891.

fiwenior UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN OUTHET, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,840, dated July 28,1891.

Application filed February 24, 1891- Serial No. 382,499- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OUTHET, butcher, a subject of the Queen of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in the city ofToronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented a new and useful Refrigerator, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators from which thewarm air is allowed to escape without coming in contact with the ice;and the object of my improvements is, first, to allow the warm air ofthe cooling-room to escape to the outside without coming in contact withthe ice, thus protect-- ing the ice from the melting effect of the warmair and causing it to last longer; sec- 0nd, to allow the warm air ofthe ice-chamber to escape to the outside, so as to prevent the ice frombeing melted by retention of the warm air in the ice-chamber, and alsoto prevent sweating in the ice-chamber and allowing it to be kept dry. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedrefrigerator; Fig.2 is a perspective sectional view of the refrigerator,showing the interior construction thereof.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout both the views.

In the drawings, 0 is the door of the icechamber where the ice is putinto the chamber F. At or near the bottom of the icechamber is theopening K, whereby the cold air is allowed to descend into thecoolingroom, into which articles may be carried through the doorway e.

The coolingchamber is provided with a ceiling slanting upward toward theentrance into the air-passage H, whereby the warm air in its naturalcourse upward is allowed to escape to the outside of the refrigerator.

E is the cap or covering over the entrance to the air-passage H, whichis kept from closing the said entrance by means of an ordinary bentspring, and on the bottom of the said cap E are ordinarythumb-screws,whereby the said cap may be opened from or closed over thesaid entrance, as may be desired. At the top of the air-passage I-Iordinary gauze or wire screen may be placed to prevent the entrance offlies or insects, and over the top, but sufficiently raised therefrom toallow the escape of air, is placed a board B for a covering to protectit from damage by anythingcoming in contact therewith. The ice chamberis also provided with a ceiling slanting upward toward the opening,above which is the board A, and the said board or cover Amay be openedfrom or closed upon the said opening by means of the springs a aand thethumb-screws b b. I

The covers or'lids D allow the obtaining of cured meats or otherarticles, which may be kept in the back end of the refrigerator inbarrels, without the inconvenience of going through the cooling-chamberfrom the front.

0 is the pipe for the escape of water from the pan in the bottom of theice-chamber.

It will be seen that the air-passage over the top of the ice-chamberallows of the hot air, asit is guided in its upward ascent by theinclined ceiling, passing out under the righthand edge of the board A,while the entering air passes into the ice on the left-hand side of thesame, so that there are two thin currents of air passing in oppositedirections through the opening covered by said board.

This is facilitated by the use of the longopening, extendingsubstantially all across the ice-chamber, instead of the round or squareopening ordinarily used to admit air to icechambers.

I make no claim as to the construction or relative arrangement of theice-chamber and cooling-room; but

What I claim as'my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, in a refrigerator, of a provision-apartment and anice-chamber, the latter provided with a slanting ceiling to guide theWarm air, and a long narrow openingabove communicating with the outeratmosphere in two directions, whereby heated air passes out at one sideand fresh air in at the other to ventilate the ice-chamber, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a refrigerator, of cooling and ice chambers, thelatter having a long narrow opening for ventilating the same and a coverfor said opening, springs on which said cover rests, and screws toregulate the size of said opening, substantially as de scribed.

JOHN OUTHET.

Witnesses:

THOMAS PARKER, CHARLES E. OULLEY.

